Kurwa Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kurwa is a medium size village located in Patan Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 116 families residing. The Kurwa village has population of 550 of which 282 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 15.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurwa village is 950 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurwa as per census is 596, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurwa village was 48.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurwa Male literacy stands at 59.13 % while female literacy rate was 37.55 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kurwa village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kurwa village.

Kurwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	116	-	-
Population	550	282	268
Child (0-6)	83	52	31
Schedule Caste	344	177	167
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	48.18 %	59.13 %	37.55 %
Total Workers	154	85	69
Main Worker	68	-	-
Marginal Worker	86	39	47

Caste Factor

In Kurwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.55 % of total population in Kurwa village. The village Kurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kurwa village out of total population, 154 were engaged in work activities. 44.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 154 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.